Conclusion of World War 2: Treaty of Paris, Prevention of Fascism/totalitarian regimes.
Focus on eliminating human atrocities and war crimes. Video on the Holocaust and human atrocities during WW 2. War Crimes trials of Nuremburg. Italy, Japan, and Finland defecting from Germany.

Exponential Functions and Equations: Modeling constant growth rates and/or decay rates. Various worksheet practice problems with constant percent increase or decrease: Determining growth factors and decay factors. Begin review for Unit Test.

Aiden finished his first vanitas drawing with a skull and two candles burning. He started another skull drawing.

Review and practice for Unit Test: Point-Slope Formula , Graphing Linear Equations from Standard Form, Percent of Change, Word Problems involving mark-up or discount percents and with sales tax.

Discuss graph results and analysis of digestion of egg white v temperature. Introduce expansion of kingdoms from just plant and animal to plant, animal, protist, bacteria, and fungi. Discuss and define characteristics of animals which involve movement and reproduction. Discuss internal and external fertilization, hermaphrodites, zygote formation, cons to external fertilization. View diagrams of different methods of asexual reproduction and discuss budding, fragmentation, regeneration, parthenogenesis, and binary fission.

We explored the conventional wisdom that non fiction is always "the truth." I discussed how the people of Cross Creek depicted in the novel often had a different version of the events than those portrayed in the book. We then studied how the author , unaware of the cultural values of Cross Creek , may have been seen as callous or simply nosey. We examined how the author explains her actions in not properly maintaining her shambled tenant house and discussed whether her penitent attitude is genuine . We further noted the motif of materialism not leading to fulfillment. Last, we reviewed Aiden's vocabulary work which was very good today.

During our first segment we worked on placing vocabulary words in a sentence that recognizes not only the definition but the connotation of the word . Aiden does well with strict definitions but continues to need assistance on proper usage which we will continue to address. We then studied the next chapter in our non -fiction book . We explored how the reader's frustrations with the Townsend family are not shared by the author who learns two lessons about life at Cross Creek: first, people can and will repay her generosity if and when they can often by simply doing favors or labor; second , the Townsends are actually happier than most. They appear irresponsible but the author recognizes how this rural impoverished family embodies the value of living for the day.

Discuss animal cell structure and the evolutionary development of tissue. Show how the original kingdoms of classification have expanded from plant and animal to now also include Monera and Fungi. Discuss movement due to a unique combination of nerve and muscle . Introduce both sexual an asexual reproduction. Define hermaphrodites, zygote, internal and external fertilization. Include in asexual, budding, fragmentation, regeneration, parthenogenesis, and binary fission

Percent of Change Problems, Sales Tax and mark-up/discount.

The Major Battles of World War 2: Involvement of Russia and J Stalin Red Army in defeating the Germans. Invasion of Normandy by U.S troops: Liberation of France from German occupation/control. Battle of the Midway: Major U.S. Naval victory over Japan. Battle of Berlin: Russian Red Army final victory and defeat/surrender of Germany.